MATH 752: Berstein Seminar in Topology (spring 2008) Polyhedral complexes in topology and geometric group theory

Instructor: Anne Thomas

Meeting Time & Room

No lectures on January 21 or 23. Class will begin on January 28. There will be a make-up lecture on Friday, February 1.

The seminar will concentrate on topics of current interest in geometric group theory. The choice of topics is ultimately up to the students who will study and present them, but we will start with a paper of Ballmann-Brin. From there several directions may be followed, including Property (T) for cell complexes, quasi-isometric rigidity, hyperbolic buildings and their lattices, and products of trees.